Thorsons
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First published by Panic Publishing (UK) 2004
This edition published by Thorsons 2005
© Penny Palmano 2005
Illustrations: © Katherine Palmano 2004
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For my motherwho has always been a wonderful example
Contents
2 How the Wrong Foods Can Affect Children’s Behaviour, Health and IQ
7 Routine, Continuity and Consistency
11 Simple (but Extremely Important) Courtesies
15 Child Care – How You Can Still Be in Control
When we self-published Yes, please. Thanks! in June 2004 it caused such a media frenzy that we were taken completely by surprise. Unfortunately, we were also totally unprepared; so unprepared that the book was still at the printers! I had always hoped that we would get some coverage in newspapers and magazines but I never imagined it would make national news.
It all started back in February when my friend and neighbour Jacqui McCarthy, of d’Image Ltd, organized an interview for me with the social-affairs editor of The Times (a neighbour with a PR company and a villa in the South of France – they don’t come any better than that!).
The social-affairs editor had kindly asked me roughly when I would like the article (which I had not seen) to run. I had a cunning plan that if it was published two weeks before the book was first in the shops, my distributors
